With industrial hemp set to be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, CBD will not immediately be legal in foods, beverages and supplements.
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With industrial hemp set to be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, CBD will not immediately be legal in foods, beverages and supplements.
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The first of 13 Kroger Express stores has opened in Kentucky, and this smaller-format concept will carry 2,300 items, including Kroger’s Simple Truth organic brand.
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FreshDirect, an online fresh food retailer based, gives its predictions for what will be popular with consumers in the coming year.
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The EU is using a variety of tools, from cloud-based satellite imagery to mass balancing, in order to fight against fraud in organic.
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Believing that ‘plant-based’ has more credibility, influence and appeal with consumers than ‘vegan’, the Plant-Based Foods Association has just launched a new ‘certified plant-based’ certification scheme and logo.
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Buyers, product developers, category managers and chefs from Whole Foods picked what they believe to be the top trends for 2019, with Pacific Rim flavors and shelf stable probiotics heading the list.
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The dairy industry continues its attack on plant-based companies, with the target now being Miyoko’s Kitchen and its use of “butter” on its products.
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Hillhouse Capital and VMG Partners will co-invest in consumer brands seeking to expand their global reach, with organic baby food brand Little Freddie as their first investment.
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Through its loyalty program and anthropological research, Kroger is tracking food waste and five other key trends at its stores.
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A petition has been launched to eliminate Non-GMO labels, calling them “intrinsically misleading.” However, experts say that the FDA is unlikely to consider it.
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Coca-Cola has purchased Australia’s Organic & Raw Trading Co., which produces MOJO, the country’s leading brand of organic kombucha.
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Nature’s Path will now manufacture Back to the Roots’ cereals, with the important goal of getting these organic products into every school in the country.
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In an interesting move, Sneakz Organic recently received the hard-to-get Chinese organic certification. But with lax enforcement in the country, does it mean much?
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Apeel Sciences, which makes an organic, plant-based skin that extends the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables, has raised $70m from Viking Global Investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, S2G Ventures and others. Former Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb has also joined the company’s board of directors.
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With organic grains having suffered glyphosate contamination, the case is being made that current methods to separate organic and conventional farming are not working.
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Tea Drops, which makes bagless, organic tea drops that disintegrate in your cup, has just closed on a $1.9M round of financing.
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In what would have been absolutely unthinkable just a few years ago, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group that spent tens of millions of dollars fighting GMO-labeling, has now come out and said it supports full labeling of all GMO oils and sugars.
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Environmental group A Plastic Planet has launched a new plastic-free certification, which requires brands to use packaging that is 99% plastic-free.
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The EU has taken a number of very positive steps to boost the organic sector, including banning hydroponics, increasing the supply of organic seeds, and implementing strict, risk-based checks along the supply chain.
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The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 would remove federal roadblocks to industrial hemp farming throughout the U.S. and clarify the legal status of CBD.
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Wow! Nielsen is reporting that by the last quarter of 2017, private label brands were posting dollar for dollar growth of more than three times the rate of branded products.
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With plant-based milks taking a real bite out of regular milk sales, experts are suggesting that the industry needs to look for new avenues of distribution.
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With paid members now in the “mid-hundreds of thousands”, online organic retailer Thrive Market is now offering meat and fish products from suppliers who are using ethical and regenerative practices.
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In a bid to encourage other brands to purchase crops from farmers who are transitioning to organic, Kashi and QAI have created an open-source protocol to make the whole process easier.
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